Monday broker round-up UPDATE
10th Feb 2014 08:13
Admiral Group: Goldman Sachs downgrades from buy to neutral with a target price of 1440p. APR Energy: Jefferies lowers target price from 1260p to 1250p keeping a buy recommendation. Dialight: N+1 Singer reduces target price from 1227p to 1022p, while leaving its buy recommendation unchanged. Ferr
Read moreSunday newspaper round-up: Barclays, RSA, Vodafone
9th Feb 2014 09:06
Barclays is preparing to cut its investment bank by a fifth to appease the Bank of England (BoE), the Sunday Times reported. Chief Executive Antony Jenkins will announce the plan to sell £150bn of assets and slash annual costs by £1.7bn with the bank's full-year results on February 11th. The investm
Read moreThursday newspaper round-up: Banks, GlaxoSmithKline, Young people...
6th Feb 2014 06:48
New York's top banking regulator has demanded documents from more than a dozen banks, opening a new front in the sprawling global investigation into alleged foreign exchange manipulation. Ben Lawsky, superintendent of New York's Department of Financial Services (DFS), sent requests to banks includin
Read moreLondon open: Stocks higher after five-day losing streak
5th Feb 2014 08:25
- Upside limited ahead of data, policy decisions - Hargreaves Lansdown drops after H1 results - RSA appoints Stephen Hester as CEO techMARK 2,762.78 +0.61% FTSE 100 6,471.41 +0.34% FTSE 250 15,594.12 +0.35% UK markets opened slightly higher on Wednesday morning after five straight days of declines
Read moreTuesday tips round-up: Lloyds, Rexam, BBA Aviation
4th Feb 2014 06:49
Executives at Lloyds are asking too much of investors. Following yesterday's surprise pre-close trading update from the lender, the possibility that it might announce a dividend payout alongside its full year results on February 13th has vanished into thin air, at least until six months from now.
Read moreTuesday newspaper round-up: US debt ceiling, Autonomy, Barclays...
4th Feb 2014 06:28
US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew warned Monday that the US is on course to hit its so-called debt ceiling, the limit to which it can legally borrow, by the end of the month. He called on Congress to raise it immediately to prevent the issue from harming the economic recovery, adding that the governme
Read moreSector movers: Lloyds and Vodafone weigh on their sectors
3rd Feb 2014 16:50
Financial stocks took a hit after the European Central Bank said the largest banks in the euro-area will be required to prove their capital will not drop below 5.5% of their assets in the event of an economic crisis. Shares of Barclays and RBS were weighed down by the news, with the bank sector endi
Read moreLondon close: Risk aversion moves up a notch, traders skittish
3rd Feb 2014 16:46
- US ISM manufacturing index surprises sharply on the downside, weather cited - Footsie finds supoort at 200-day moving average - Lloyds dives on PPI bill update, dividend plans - Chinese data just in line Market Movers techMARK 2,766.78 -0.29% FTSE 100 6,460.48 -0.77% FTSE 250 15,552.68 -0.78% Th
Read moreFTSE 100 movers: Randgold cheers with strong update
3rd Feb 2014 14:52
Randgold Resources was the strongest riser after it said it hit targets for 2013, boosted gold production to a new record level and expects output to rise over the next five years. Production for the quarter and year to December rose 20 per cent and 15 per cent respectively, in line with the company
Read moreBroker tips: Lloyds, Rio Tinto, MITIE
3rd Feb 2014 12:50
Lloyds Banking Group is expected to report a 'small' statutory loss after tax after setting aside a provision to cover the cost of compensating customers for mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI). The lender has put aside £1.8bn in the fourth quarter for PPI and a further provision of £130m r
Read moreLondon midday: Investors waiting on raft of new data
3rd Feb 2014 11:43
- Slight fall in Footsie - Lloyds dives on PPI bill update, dividend plans - Chinese data just in line - Eurozone manufacturing may relieve pressure on ECB, some say The FTSE 100 was dipping slightly into the red come midday, buoyed by its proximity to important levels of so-called 'technical suppo
Read moreBroker snap: Lloyds' profit and dividend disappoint, says Jefferies
3rd Feb 2014 10:14
Lloyds Banking Group is expected to report a 'small' statutory loss after tax after setting aside a provision to cover the cost of compensating customers for mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI). The lender has put aside £1.8bn in the fourth quarter for PPI and a further provision of £130m r
Read moreLondon open: FTSE inches higher despite ECB concerns
3rd Feb 2014 08:55
- Modest rise on FTSE - Lloyds dives on PPI bill update - Chinese and Aussie data disappoints - Focus to be on Eurozone manufacturing techMARK 2,783.19 +0.30% FTSE 100 6,514.32 +0.06% FTSE 250 15,690.31 +0.10% The FTSE surprised with a positive start to today's session, inching marginally into pos
Read moreLloyds expects to commence dividend at 'modest' level
3rd Feb 2014 07:55
Lloyds Banking Group's shares fell after saying it set aside 1.8bn pounds in the fourth quarter to cover the cost of compensating customers for mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI). The state-backed lender also put aside a further provision of £130m relating to the sale of interest rate hedg
Read moreMonday newspaper round-up: Energy companies, retailers, Lloyds
3rd Feb 2014 07:06
Energy companies have hit out at Ofgem after being ordered to hand over information on every single trade they have made for the past 10 years as part of a new annual competition audit. That amounts to millions of pieces of data and executives have questioned the timing of the regulator's 'unusual'
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